Colorado Center for the Blind

From Beginner to Braille Master: A Day in One of Jen’s Braille Classes

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Dan Burke

February 23, 2017

Oh yes, we’re big on Braille here at CCB, because it is fundamental to literacy for blind people and has high correlations with successful employment of blind adults. Our camera man Mike stopped by one of Jen’s classes recently and collected this video.
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February’s Students of the Month

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Dan Burke

February 22, 2017

For our second month of recognizing Students of the Month, staff selected Trevor and Jackson. At announcements this morning, Julie Deden talked about Trevor’s willingness to work hard under sleepshades, as well as always being willing to help out. Last month he volunteered to clear a stretch of sidewalk of snow and ice along S.…
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Announcing our first Students of the Month – January 2017!

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Dan Burke

February 22, 2017

And the first-ever winners are Hindley (who graduated on Feb. 16) and Lyne! Hindley was chosen by CCB staff to be recognized for her leadership and her personal drive to learn as much as she could while a student here. She was Student Association for one 3-month term and not only learned to cook, but…
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A Walk Around the Pond: February Birding by Ear

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Dan Burke

February 21, 2017

Birding by Ear started up again today with a visit from Ali Mayes of the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Though it was warm, not a great variety of birds are around in February. In the photo above, a number of shots are “montaged” into the image as follows: Clockwise from the top left, Three…
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Checking in on Art Class: Peter Slatin Pays a Visit

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Dan Burke

February 17, 2017

We were delighted to have a visit from 2016 alum Peter Slatin, who is also now on our Board of Directors. Peter was in Colorado for Ski for Light and spent a few days in Denver afterward. He dropped in on art class and took up the Sensational Blackboard to do some experimenting with paper…
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Quinoa and Kale? CCB and BLVS Partner Under Shades to Make it Tasty!

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Dan Burke

February 16, 2017

We were pleased to have three professionals from Blind Low Vision Services, part of Colorado’s Dept. of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) at the Center for training this week. We spent four days together exploring every topic we could think of, including cane travel and cooking under sleepshades. We’ll let them introduce themselves and the meal they…
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Nonvisual Feedback Loop: Testing Dominion’s Accessible Voting System

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Dan Burke

February 15, 2017

We were pleased to host usability testing of Dominion’s electronic voting system on February 13 and 14. Students, staff, seniors and alums took the system for a spin and provided feedback to Dominion’s engineers. We’re especially excited to partner on this project because Dominion will provide electronic voting systems to every county in Colorado for…
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Cookies, Candies, Balloons and Bouquets: Valentines Day at CCB

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Dan Burke

February 15, 2017

The day didn’t go uncelebrated. The Seniors had a Valentine’s party (there are rumors of romance there). Even ITP got into the act with Valentine’s cookies to mark “National Singles Day”?
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A Long Way from Where She Started to Confidence: CG’s Mini-meal

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Dan Burke

February 4, 2017

CG admits she’d done very little cooking before starting her training at the Center. Now she enjoys it, enjoys sharing with friends. Watch how calm she is as she prepares her mini-meal for 15 guests.
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18 Onions & What do You Get? Ryan’s Mini-meal & the Inside of Your Sleepshades Are Wet

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Dan Burke

January 31, 2017

Ryan admits he was pretty happy to be wearing sleepshades as he chopped the 18 onions it took to make his French onion soup. He is also now excited about cooking something other than “meat” since he came to the Center.
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